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by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Sep 25th, 2008 at 03:19:19 PM EST
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iPhone photos are characterless, but there's a piece of software that'll put a Holga effect on them, which actually improves them.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Sep 25th, 2008 at 03:21:43 PM EST
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He's writing code already, eh?

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Thu Sep 25th, 2008 at 03:30:08 PM EST
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That's what I'm afraid of.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Sep 25th, 2008 at 03:30:54 PM EST
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Re: Photos as usual (4.00 / 3)

We're going to have to check all of your recent posts, just in case.

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Thu Sep 25th, 2008 at 05:38:54 PM EST
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Re: Photos as usual (4.00 / 3)

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 03:41:30 PM EST
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Chalons-sur-Saone (4.00 / 7)

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Sep 25th, 2008 at 05:30:42 PM EST
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Re: Chalons-sur-Saone (none / 1)

very interesting light standards, rather nice, imo.

Peace

by town on Thu Sep 25th, 2008 at 08:18:33 PM EST
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From estHer (4.00 / 5)

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Thu Sep 25th, 2008 at 05:54:04 PM EST
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A little work-out.

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 01:25:21 AM EST
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How do you get such a dark background? Is the snail on there actual or use of photoshop? Impressive collection of photos here!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 09:05:18 AM EST
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In Wales,
This is a composite image, although the dark background is the original in both images used.
I often shoot my subjects at high speed when using a flash unit, because I`m used to shooting moving fish. In this case, a snail is not a very convincing example, but the habit holds for shooting in general.
I have an aversion to including background distractions in my images, & that is one way to eliminate most of them.
If you click on the image, you can see other composites with some of these same components used. In case you are not familiar, once you go to the link, there is a little movie screen to click on for a slide show of 6 or 7 other images.
This image is one of the ones used although I did "flip" it for creative reasons.
Thank you for the compliment.

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 05:31:10 PM EST
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Blenny Bruce, live.
All images can be clicked to others in the same set.

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 01:28:20 AM EST
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From my deck, again. Different day.

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 01:30:13 AM EST
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Frog in a Red Bucket

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 01:32:08 AM EST
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Honey Don`t.

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 01:33:58 AM EST
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Pacman Poppy

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 01:35:35 AM EST
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Knucklehead

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 01:37:35 AM EST
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Cardiff By The Sea

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 01:40:06 AM EST
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Melting Candle

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 01:41:56 AM EST
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Banana P eel

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 01:44:00 AM EST
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Re: Photos as usual (4.00 / 6)

Womanizer

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 01:46:46 AM EST
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Re: Photos as usual (4.00 / 6)

Here`s Looking At You

The difference between theists and atheists is that the atheists don't set the theists on fire for refusing to agree with them.

by Knucklehead on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 01:48:31 AM EST
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This one's for DoDo! (4.00 / 7)

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 04:58:01 AM EST
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That must be a stock photo ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 04:59:41 AM EST
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There's actually a very sad history which goes with this car or one's like it.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 05:14:32 AM EST
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you roll that one out every time. ;-)

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 05:23:20 AM EST
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In this case, you guys are on the wrong track.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 05:32:11 AM EST
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you dont seem to get the point(s)

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 05:35:29 AM EST
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This whole thread is a signal failure.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 05:40:19 AM EST
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thats difficult to guage

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 05:41:10 AM EST
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Don't bring up that bogie!

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 05:40:59 AM EST
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I always wondered where Michael Jackson got to know so much about trains.

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 05:41:57 AM EST
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our resident punsters-in-training

:)

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 08:41:08 AM EST
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Re: This one's for DoDo! (4.00 / 3)

I'd like to hear the story that is coupled with this picture

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 05:42:35 AM EST
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Next week. This was a cropped section of a larger photo. I'll show both next week and explain the significance of the car.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 11:41:14 AM EST
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Oh you terrible tease!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 12:28:18 PM EST
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Paris (4.00 / 6)

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 10:41:06 AM EST
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Re: Paris (4.00 / 2)

Immediately saved ;-)

(ever the perfectionist, Mouna reckons there is something wrong with her eye. I find it just great).

"The womb that spawned that thing is fertile yet"

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Sat Sep 27th, 2008 at 03:41:42 PM EST
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Re: Paris (none / 0)

The flare has leaked into her eye.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sat Sep 27th, 2008 at 04:56:00 PM EST
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Re: Paris (none / 0)

uuummm. She has a flare all her own.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 07:43:46 AM EST
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Re: Paris (none / 1)

I had to look up the word 'flare'.
I feel that your sentence is a poetic compliment and on that assumption I thank you on her behalf and mine. But in all honesty I'm not sure I understand what either of you means, although I do understand that you are being funny with a technical photographic concept that is way above my extremely limited comprehension.

"The womb that spawned that thing is fertile yet"

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 12:06:35 PM EST
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Re: Paris (none / 1)

Flare is from reflections within the lens under strong direct light, which in this case is causing her hair and one of her eyes to look washed out. There's only so much I can do in post-processing to fix it.

I suspect metavision meant "flair".

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 01:20:18 PM EST
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Re: Paris (none / 0)

OMAtoms! That's a ParisMatch front cover, as well as the one with LEP:

´Joie de vivre a Paris´

What eye flare?? Real life is perfect as it is!

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 07:41:41 AM EST
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Re: Photos as usual (4.00 / 10)

Yes, of course they all feature Christopher

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 10:44:00 AM EST
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Amazing grace!!!!!!!!!

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 07:44:19 AM EST
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by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 10:47:14 AM EST
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How come this one looks more contrasty?

Must admit that you ruined this one by letting me into the shot but the others look great!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 10:57:34 AM EST
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The Cosina-Voightlander 75/f2.5 I'm using is flaring a bit with the strong back-lit in the others - they're taken from inside the restaurant with the sun shining against things in the background, so the aperture is wide open and the sun is pouring in. If I was using the Leica equivalent lens it might not be such an issue. Of course, it costs about €1600 more ...

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 11:02:02 AM EST
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Well, I LIKE your smile and your look.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 07:51:46 AM EST
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by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 10:51:08 AM EST
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Bah!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 10:57:47 AM EST
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Booo on the bah. Pensative.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 07:53:14 AM EST
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Right click and look at properties and you'll see that Colman has labeled it 'In Wales in a mood...'

Now, I wasn't in a mood (how could I be in such fine company?) But I was looking suspiciously at Colman because I knew the camera was hovering in my direction.

And I'm just not photogenic so cameras should look in other directions.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 08:04:02 AM EST
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Yes, ...boys can't read moods. (; I don't know about being photogenic, or being a good photographer because even I can live with some pictures you took of me last year.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 08:35:06 AM EST
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Boating in the Tuileries Gardens (4.00 / 4)

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 11:04:25 AM EST
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Family portrait (4.00 / 5)

But what's with the centaur on the left?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 11:20:32 AM EST
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Re: Family portrait (none / 1)

not Jake the Peg?

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 04:19:42 PM EST
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by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 11:22:50 AM EST
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Re: Photos as usual (4.00 / 6)

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 11:25:30 AM EST
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by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 11:54:54 AM EST
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Re: Photos as usual (4.00 / 9)

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 12:02:58 PM EST
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This one is great.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 03:47:20 PM EST
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Gorgeous people!

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 07:57:52 AM EST
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aw....

Peace is not the absence of war -- peace is the absence of fear. Ursula Franklin

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 08:41:30 AM EST
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Get your arm out of the photo! (4.00 / 6)

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 12:12:26 PM EST
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Re: Get your arm out of the photo! (none / 1)

A shining star, Esther!

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 08:03:54 AM EST
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Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 04:39:17 PM EST
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Notre Dame

And someone requested I take this photo. Perhaps she can explain because I forget why...

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 04:40:59 PM EST
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I remember that one - she said it was because there was a separate slot for Paris and one for the rest of the world.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 04:48:22 PM EST
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Ah yes, that's right!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 04:55:27 PM EST
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Proper post offices actually separate Paris and Banlieue, too.

Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 08:34:45 PM EST
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That's the case on this mailbox too: Paris & Suburbs -> left slot; Other "Departements" & Abroad -> right slot.

This is standard for La Poste mailboxes all over France: "local" (within the same departement) mail gets sorted out locally while non-local mail goes to the big regional mail routing facility... You'd see the same in any other French city, but here it echoes the Parisian's view of the world almost too well to be true :-)

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 07:46:02 AM EST
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Izzy, I'm really glad your trip back is over and you obviously have rested. I have very good memories and glad to have met you.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 08:14:08 AM EST
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Re: Photos as usual (4.00 / 3)

This photo was requested by metavision

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 04:43:19 PM EST
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Yummmm! = Ñam, ñam.

I wish I had some now, but I don´t remember requesting it. Was I that wasted?

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 08:10:04 AM EST
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You put it on the table and told me to take a photo of it!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Sep 28th, 2008 at 08:24:45 AM EST
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Anyone recognise this?

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 26th, 2008 at 04:44:47 PM EST
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